Artist Sketchbook
Cover
![Page 12-13: The image portrays a pencil drawing on the left page and cursive handwriting on the right page. The drawing depicts a profile view of a man smoking a pipe with the caption "Jonathan [Jno.] M. Snyder, / Artist." The right page features cursive text "Friday / July 30 / at / Hague."](https://d8e7jbdw4fu0e.cloudfront.net/6525/7bbfcdc0-89f0-11f1-b4c9-67e6e3632a81-wxc6TZx.lg-nt@2x.jpg)
![Page 20-21: The two pages feature three of four separate pencil drawings, with the final panel on page 22. The left is of a sailor with a long mustache; the center drawing features a sail boat on the water, and the third features five sailors all with different faces and looking in different directions. The caption is a poem that strings them all together: "Johnathan [sic] Snow / Away did go / All in the raging man / With other males / For to catch whales."](https://d8e7jbdw4fu0e.cloudfront.net/6525/7bbfcdc4-89f0-11f1-b4c9-67e6e3632a81-wxc6TZx.lg-nt@2x.jpg)
![Page 30-31: The pencil sketch on the left side is of a child wrapped in cloth, dated July 26 [illegible]. The right page features sketches of a small child.](https://d8e7jbdw4fu0e.cloudfront.net/6525/7bbff4d2-89f0-11f1-b4c9-67e6e3632a81-wxc6TZx.lg-nt@2x.jpg)
![Page 36-37: The drawing on the left is titled "Over the Garden Wall" and features a young girl on a ladder looking down on a farmer. The bottom reads "L. L. W. Nov 10, 1881." There is writing at the crease that reads "Your western friend / In music [illegible]." The sketch on the right side features two people, a woman in profile and a man from the back. There is also the profile of a face near the fold, with illegible writing. The caption reads "Aug 9th 1881 C. W. & E. K."](https://d8e7jbdw4fu0e.cloudfront.net/6525/7bbff4d5-89f0-11f1-b4c9-67e6e3632a81-wxc6TZx.lg-nt@2x.jpg)
Name/Title
Artist SketchbookScope and Content
Black leather bound sketch pad with artist paper. There are 61 pages total, with a combination pencil/graphite drawings, ink drawings, and watercolor. There is a loop of soft black leather attached to the back cover of the sketchbook that would have originally held a writing implement.Context
Used by Gertrude F. Penfield in 1881-1882 when she was 15 and 16 years old.Collection
PERMANENT COLLECTIONCataloged By
Bailey YoderCategory
Art Materials, Scrapbook